DoD inspector general: Air Force mismanagement led to $100M KC-46 boom redesign
Valerie Insinna
Thu, May 27, 2021, 2:30 PM·4 min read
WASHINGTON — A new report from the Pentagon’s inspector general asserts there were years of accumulating signs that should have prompted the Air Force to take a closer look at the KC-46′s refueling boom, on which the service is now spending $100 million to redesign.
In the years leading up to 2018 — when the service tested the full functionality of the KC-46 boom and found it could not refuel certain military aircraft — Air Force program officials continuously reduced flight testing requirements, the Department of Defense IG wrote in a May 21 report.
This reduction in testing occurred even as prime contractor Boeing made changes to the design during the preliminary design review and the engineering and manufacturing development phase.
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